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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization

By: Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart and Michael L. Tushman
This is a descriptive study of the structure of communications in a modern organization. We analyze a dataset with millions of electronic mail messages, calendar meetings and teleconferences for many thousands of employees of a single, multidivisional firm during a... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Structure; Social Issues; Boundaries
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  • 19 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

Japan's Dream Machine: Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. Recruit Holdings, an advertising media, staffing, and business support conglomerate was founded in 1960 by Hiromasa Ezoe. Recruit was built on the principle... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

Reviewing a spectacular business failure, we often wonder why the CEO didn't see trouble coming. It was so obvious. Why didn't Digital Equipment Corp. CEO Kenneth Olsen see the PC as a threat to minicomputers? Did Coca-Cola's Roberto... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Full Court Press

as a platform to not only improve the health and wellness of one of the world’s youngest and fastest growing populations but also to create a whole new industry around the business of sports,” says Tatum. Creating an industry from... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • November 2000 (Revised November 2005)
  • Case

Tellme Networks, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Nicole Tempest
Tellme, an early-stage, venture-backed company based in Silicon Valley, leverages speech-recognition technologies to provide: 1) a "voice portal" with news and other information accessible through any telephone, and 2) turnkey application development and hosting... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Business Conglomerates; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Venture Capital; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Brands and Branding; Information Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry
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  • October 2019 (Revised February 2020)
  • Case

Thermax—Changing of the Guard

By: Christina R. Wing and Inakshi Sobti
Thermax is an engineering company in India that provides integrated solutions in energy, environment, and chemicals. The Aga family along with family trusts owns 62% of the company. Post a restructuring exercise in 2000, Thermax transforms itself from a small family... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Transformation; Business Conglomerates; Strategy; Management Succession; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture
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  • 08 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 8

one of the largest and most important conglomerates in the Philippines and has been controlled by the Zobel de Ayala family for seven generations. Company leadership must decide whether to alter their strategy in the wake of an election... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

geographic friction influence FDI and present the key empirical studies and findings. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52121 January–February 2017 Harvard Business Review Africa's New Generation of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

419-016). Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/419019-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-010 SOS Group: Scaling a Social Enterprise Conglomerate By 2016, SOS Group, the largest social... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

existing products as well as exploring into architectural and/or discontinuous innovation. Based on in-depth, longitudinal data on 13 business units and 22 innovations, we investigate the consequences of organization design choices on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jun 2017
  • News

Jeff Immelt to Retire as GE CEO

Immelt has been busy disassembling significant elements of the conglomerate that he began leading four days before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Immelt’s goal was to make GE more streamlined,... View Details
  • 21 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

Harvard Business School Case 717-403 Videojet In 2005 Craig Purse, the CEO of Videojet, a company recently acquired by the conglomerate Danaher, is dealing with the unexpected failure of a new high-tech... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507005 Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola and Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector Harvard Business School Case 407-027 Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola was an important contributor to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

gender and commercial activity within founders’ local communities. The presence of female business owners in the same community mitigates the role of founders’ gender on the use of commercial activity. We examine these issues through a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

Cases & Course MaterialsDesign: More Than a Cool Chair Harvard Business School Note 607-026 This introduction to the Design industry includes definitions, and industry statistics, as well as descriptions of geographic clustering,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Best-selling and New Cases by Ben Esty

    Best-Selling (MOST POPULAR) Cases:  

      1) Eaton: Portfolio Transformation & Cost of... View Details

    • 24 Jul 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: July 24, 2007

    processes were already equipped for the challenge. Successful firms, by contrast, developed an explicit strategy for collaboration and made organizational changes to aid performance in these efforts. Ultimately, these actions allowed them to identify and exploit new... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • June 2011 (Revised November 2011)
    • Case

    The Expansion of Ping An

    By: Robert C. Pozen and Nina Yang
    In June 2010, Mingzhe Ma, chairman and chief executive officer of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China ("Ping An" or "the Company"), sat down with Sun Jianyi, vice chief executive officer and executive vice president at Ping An, to discuss the future direction of... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Business Conglomerates; Conferences; Banks and Banking; Financial Strategy; Insurance; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Strategic Planning; Opportunities; Diversification; Expansion; China
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    • September 2024
    • Case

    Topaz: Navigating Governance, Legacy, and Change

    By: Christina R. Wing and Carla Larangeira
    Since its founding in 2011, the Garza Sada brothers and their father positioned Topaz among leading family offices in Monterrey, Mexico, with several assets under management. Topaz aspired to have a transformative impact across multiple Mexican industries. An industry... View Details
    Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Family Business; Governing and Advisory Boards; Managerial Roles; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Corporate Governance; Organizational Structure; Adoption; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; Education Industry; Energy Industry; Latin America; Mexico
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    • 27 Jan 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: January 27

    service settings, while developing a foundation for the exploration of mobile money by OM scholars. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2549171   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 813-113 Edison... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne